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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9167 

To impose certain limitations on the use of grants made under the Shelter 

and Services Program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Mr. OWENS (for himself and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To impose certain limitations on the use of grants made 

under the Shelter and Services Program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctuary City Over5 sight and Responsibility in Enforcement Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) Since taking office, there have been over 

9 12,000,000 immigrants that have entered our coun10 try under President Biden’s Administration. 


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1 (2) Under the Biden Administration, more ille2 gal aliens have been allowed into the country than 

3 the population of States. 

4 (3) Under the Biden Administration, fentanyl is 

5 the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 

6 45, as 1,400 pounds of deadly fentanyl were seized 

7 at the border in just January of 2024. 

8 (4) Under the Biden Administration, 367 

9 known or suspected terrorists have crossed the bor10 der, including eight suspected terrorists with ties to 

11 ISIS caught after illegally crossing the southern bor12 der using the CBPOne app. 

13 (5) In August 2023 in Maryland, Rachel Morin, 

14 a mother of five was raped and murdered on a run15 ning trail by an illegal alien with a criminal history 

16 of murdering and assaulting women. 

17 (6) In February 2024 in Georgia, Laken Riley, 

18 a nursing student at Augusta University, was killed 

19 by an illegal alien while she was jogging at the Uni20 versity of Georgia. 

21 (7) In June 2024 in New York, two 13-year22 olds, a boy and a girl, were tied in up by a machete23 wielding illegal alien, who kidnapped the children in 

24 a park and raped the young girl. 


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1 (8) In June 2024 in Texas, a 12-year-old girl 

2 was raped and murdered by two illegal aliens who 

3 crossed the southern border illegally and were then 

4 released into the surrounding community. 

5 (9) Across the country, self-declared ‘‘Sanc6 tuary Cities’’ and ‘‘Sanctuary States’’ are using 

7 Federal funds to transport migrants, asylees or ille8 gal aliens to municipalities, cities and States that 

9 are not designated sanctuary cities or States. 

10 SEC. 3. IN GENERAL. 

11 In the case of any grant made by Federal Emergency 

12 Management Agency as part of the Shelter and Services 

13 Program, such grant may not be used for the transpor14 tation of any alien to a jurisdiction unless— 

15 (1) the appropriate elected or appointed State, 

16 local, territorial or tribal official has provided writ17 ten approval; and 

18 (2) the grantee reports each fiscal quarter to 

19 the Federal Emergency Management Agency the 

20 destination of each alien who has been transported, 

21 which information shall be made available to State, 

22 local, territorial, and tribal officials. 

23 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY. 

24 Any jurisdiction that violates section 3 shall be ineli25 gible for a grant under the Shelter and Services Program. 


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1 SEC. 5. CONSIDERATIONS FOR LIMITING THE PROVISION 

2 OF ASSISTANCE. 

3 If a grantee uses amounts received under the Shelter 

4 and Services Program for transportation of a covered indi5 vidual, the grantee shall provide to the Federal Emergency 

6 Management Agency documentation confirming that the 

7 covered individual receiving assistance with transportation 

8 has a place to continue receiving support in the destina9 tion jurisdiction, including through another provider orga10 nization, family, or a sponsor. 

11 SEC. 6. GAO REPORT. 

12 The Comptroller General of the United States, each 

13 quarter of each fiscal year, shall submit to the Committee 

14 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern16 mental Affairs of the Senate a report setting forth each 

17 jurisdiction that has received a grant under the Shelter 

18 and Services Program during the quarter preceding the 

19 report, and the amount of that grant. 

20 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) The term ‘‘Shelter and Services Program’’ 

23 means grants made from the amounts transferred to 

24 the Federal Emergency Management Agency to sup25 port sheltering and related activities provided by 

26 non-Federal entities, including facility improvements 


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1 and construction, in support of relieving over2 crowding in short-term holding facilities of U.S. 

3 Customs and Border Protection pursuant to the 

4 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, or any other 

5 Act. 

6 (2) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means any 

7 individual that has been encountered by the Depart8 ment of Homeland Security resulting in an indi9 vidual receiving an Alien Identification Number. 

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